We are very happy to announce the release of italics for the Beausite family.

Beausite is a sans serif typeface that applies contrast on a swiss grotesque skeleton. The design takes inspiration from classic sans serifs such as Univers and Helvetica, but also from high contrast sans serifs in fashion in the early 20th century, such as Peignot, designed in 1937 by the famous french poster designer A.M. Cassandre for Deberny & Peignot. Beausite brings novelty in the modernist grotesque genre in that it implements the programmatic systems of sans serifs such as Univers on a different factor: contrast. With 3 different levels, Beausite works from big display to text sizes.

Following the norm of swiss grotesques, the 18 new italic styles are carefully corrected slanted italics. A variety of alternates shapes and stylistic sets make Beausite multifaceted. With 36 styles, an extended coverage for latin languages, and plenty of OpenType features such as old style and tabular figures, fractions and superior lowercases, the family is ready for advanced typographical challenges.

Additionally, we are now offering trial fonts for Beausite Classic, a geometrical and modern looking interpretation of the grotesk archetype, that will be released later this year. Beausite Classic continues the family’s exploration of contrast and extends its typographical possibilites. Work is quite advanced, and an early version can already be purchased upon request.

About Fatype

Fatype is an independent type foundry established by Anton Koovit and Yassin Baggar.
We distribute original retail typefaces and offer our expertise for the creation of taylor-made typefaces, the customisation of existing fonts, language extensions, and the optimisation of typefaces for screen rendering.
Fatype has designed typefaces for GQ France, Derzeit (Fashion Week Berlin Daily), Google and Journal B.